Case Study: Eastern Propane and Oil reduces backup windows by over 80% with ExaGrid and Veeam

Eastern Propane and Oil cuts backup windows by 83% with ExaGrid

Eastern Propane and Oil, a regional energy supplier, faced a challenge with its outdated backup system using LTO tape and Veritas Backup Exec. Their nightly backups were taking up to 12 hours, which was inefficient and limited their data retention capabilities. To modernize their IT environment, they turned to vendor ExaGrid for its Tiered Backup Storage solution, which was implemented alongside Veeam backup software.

By implementing the ExaGrid system, Eastern Propane and Oil drastically reduced its backup window. The solution from ExaGrid cut nightly backup times by over 80%, from up to 12 hours down to just 2 hours. The combined deduplication of ExaGrid and Veeam maximized storage capacity, allowing for increased data retention. Additionally, the speed of data and VM restores was described as "light-years beyond" their previous tape-based solution, greatly improving their recovery process.

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